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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Antique Gun Firing
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Antique Gun Firing

Artist Harold Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)
CultureAmerican
Date1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 1/4 × 18 1/2 in. (36.2 × 47 cm)
Overall, Support: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (56.5 × 64.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Object number96.14.22
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis photographs depicts the effect produced by a person firing an antique gun.

Exhibition History"Revealing the Unseen: The Split-Second Photography of Harold Edgerton," The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Prints and Drawings Gallery, December 1, 1996 through February 16, 1997.
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1944
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1934
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1944
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